Increase in the rate and uniformity of coastline erosion in Arctic Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Jones, B M ^a   Arp, C D ^a   Jorgenson, M T ^b   Hinkel, K M ^c   Schmutz, J A ^a   Flint, P L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ABR Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAUFORT SEAS; EROSION RATES; SEA ICE EXTENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-LEVEL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STORM EVENTS; WAVE ACTIONS; BEAUFORT SEA; COASTAL DYNAMICS; COASTAL EROSION; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; EROSION; PERMAFROST; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS;

EROSION; ICE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL EROSION; EROSION RATE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORELINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WAVE ACTION;

ALASKA; BEAUFORT COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249176327     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036205     Document Type: Article

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